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Semper WiFi

Posted by michael on from the better-than-MARS dept.

Roblimo writes "Armed Forces personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan increasingly use the Internet to communicate with their familes back home, but there are not nearly enough computers and connections for them. Lt. Phillip Geiger, Medical Officer with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, suggested using a privately-funded, long-range WiFi network to help troops stay in touch. The idea has grown from there, all funded privately with cash and equipment donations. Joe Barr has the details on NewsForge (which, like Slashdot, is part of OSTG)."

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  1. Iraq by dave420 · · Score: 0, Troll

    How about saving up money to help rebuild Iraq's infrastructure, before we start wiring up luxuries for the inva^H^H^H^H^H liberating forces? I'm not trolling, I just wonder why we're not concentrating on why we're there in the first place...

    1. Re:Iraq by dave420 · · Score: 0, Troll
      They're not stopping the shooting, in fact they're doing most of it.

      I'm not anti-troop, but anti-policy. I'm anti the fact that funding and training is withheld from US troops, and instead used to buy new technology (instead of training them how to use it properly).

      And for your last point, you seem to be confusing what the military is. When I say "military" I'm not talking about the actual soldiers, but the institution. When you mention that the government is overseeing it, that's the military rebuilding it. Commander-in-chief ring a bell? (oh, and judging by their recent performance, the US military couldn't secure a drunk college girl ;))

  2. Re:Donations? by smcavoy · · Score: 0, Troll

    heh. not my tax dollars. Most of us in the great white north don't believe fighting in illegal wars ;)